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Mozambique’s Lutherans eager for first ordinations
MOZAMBIQUE – Thanks to the work of the Kapasseni Project and other partners, Lutheran missions in Mozambique continue to flourish. Three new congregations have been established in the past year, with more than 100 people attending the first service in each new village. The Mozambique…
Ukrainian Lutherans band together in face of conflict
UKRAINE – While conflict continues to rock the eastern border of Ukraine, Lutherans are firm in their resolve to remain united, even as recent events have made that goal more difficult. Earlier this year, Ukrainian citizens of the Crimean Peninsula participated in a disputed…
Christian persecution in Iraq reaches new levels
IRAQ – For more than a year a militant Islamic movement, Islamic State (IS), formerly known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has methodically captured territory in northern Iraq and Syria. The goal was to establish a caliphate (Islamic state), which it declared…
Canadians attend Lutheran Hour Ministries conference in Detroit
DETROIT – The International Lutheran Laymen’s League held its biennial Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) Outreach Conference from July 24-27 in Detroit. A number of Canadians took advantage of the event’s close proximity to Canada, and crossed the border for the conference, engaged to encourage Christians…
Mission growth in Honduras
by James Morgan HONDURAS – Mission activity continues in Honduras, spreading the Gospel, and the grace and peace of Jesus Christ in the Central American country. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Director of Missions and Social Ministry, Rev. Dr. Leonardo Neitzel says a new Vicar is serving…
Missions in Nicaragua expanding
by James Morgan NICARAGUA – Word and Sacrament continue to reach the people of Nicaragua through Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) mission activity and partnership with the Iglesia Luterana Sonodo de Nicaragua (ILSN). In May, Vicar Erwind Tijerino was installed at the mission in Granada, near Managua,…
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